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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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German black metal band from Köthen in Saxony-Anhalt, active since 2008. They deliver tormented black metal from the eastern German heartland.
German experimental black metal project from Oldenburg, active since 1996. With nearly three decades of boundary-pushing output, they are one of northern Germany's most long-standing experimental metal acts.
Thessaloniki-based black metal act active since 2002, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Greek lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Porto-based black metal act active since 2018, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Portuguese lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
German black/viking metal band from Neumünster, formed in 2011. They merge black metal ferocity with viking metal's epic, Norse-inspired grandeur.
German black metal project formed in 2022. They channel lycanthropic black metal darkness with feral intensity.
German black metal band from Wülfrath, formed in 2023. They conjure occult black metal from the Bergisches Land region.
French heavy/black metal band from Charleville-Mézières in the Ardennes, formed in 2010. They merge traditional heavy metal with black metal's dark sorcery.
Black 'n' Roll outfit from Italy, formed in 2023. Their sound channels the full spectrum of their genre influences into a cohesive body of work that speaks to dedicated followers of heavy music.
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